CHAPTER 113
HB 467 – FINAL VERSION
2005 SESSION
06/04
HOUSE BILL 467
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill permits the governing body of a town to change the name of a private road when the name change is necessary to conform to the requirements of the enhanced 911 telecommunications system.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0550
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to naming private roads.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
113:1 Name Changes; Private Streets; Enhanced 911 Telecommunications System. Amend RSA 231:133, I to read as follows:
I. In all towns, cities, and those village districts which maintain public highways, every highway and street under the control of the town, city, or village district shall have a name which shall be given it by the governing body. Said name shall be legibly marked on a suitable signboard or other marker and placed in at least 2 conspicuous places on said street. The governing body may change the name of any such street or highway at any time when in its judgment there is occasion for so doing. The governing body may change the name of a private street or highway when the name change is necessary to conform to the requirements of the enhanced 911 telecommunications system. In towns and village districts the governing body may at its discretion provide for public hearing and submit such names for approval at any meeting of the legislative body, and voters may submit a petitioned warrant article for such a name change under the procedure of RSA 39:3.
113:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 15, 2005)
(Effective Date: August 14, 2005)